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For years, this was a vacant patch of concrete, with an enormous pile of illegally dumped dirt filling a lot next door. For a time, it became the scene of laughter, ollies and kick flips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of skateboarders decided to create an oasis in this impoverished corner of the city late last year, but recently agreed to abandon the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel happy here,” Kevin Jenkins said when the park was still open. He’s one of the dozens of skaters and supporters who built the Lower Bobs skate park, which takes its name from the Lower Bottoms neighborhood and the business next door, Bob’s Warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody’s bothering me,” he said. “I’m not doing drugs. 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Skater Andy Harris, president of the San Pedro Skatepark Association, says then-Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn was an important ally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With moms dropping off minivans full of kids at Channel Street, it was clear the skaters had created a safe and important space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think the thing that saved us from the get-go was just a really good working relationship with local government,” Harris said of Hahn, who is now a U.S. congresswoman (D-Los Angeles). “[Hahn] saw the benefit of community members coming together to build something that the city had completely failed to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith Williams, or K-Dub, spearheaded the construction of Town Park, a legitimate skate park in West Oakland that opened in 2008. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_140205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/RS2890_Oakland-Coliseum_-Getty-Images.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-140205\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/RS2890_Oakland-Coliseum_-Getty-Images-640x432.jpg\" alt=\"The Coliseum has had multiple sewage problems in the past year. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Coliseum has had multiple sewage problems in the past year. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(W. 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The hardball tactic prompted Oakland councilmembers to back down, paving the way for the deal to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Selig-permits-A-s-to-leave-Oakland-prompts-last-5598201.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/07/04/400386-andrew-zimbalist-baseball-alameda-county-mlb/\">KPIX \u003c/a>are reporting today on a joint statement put out last night by Mayor Jean Quan and City Council President Pat Kernighan that seems to indicate they believe the negotiations will continue:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are pleased that we have made progress over the last few weeks, and we are looking forward to working cooperatively and expeditiously with the Oakland A's to close out remaining issues which center around economic and legal concerns.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any deal still has to be passed by the Oakland City Council and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pair of local editorials today are expressing displeasure at all the back and forth, but for different reasons. From the Bay Area News Group's \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/marcus-thompson/ci_26087648/thompson-bullied-oakland-empty-threat\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Thompson II\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp class=\"bodytextragright\">The only thing worse than being bullied is being bullied by an empty threat. That's what the A's and Major League Baseball just did to Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With approval of his new Coliseum lease in limbo, A's co-owner Lew Wolff ran to commissioner Bud Selig for permission to talk tough. Wolff came back and threatened to leave -- immediately -- if the lease agreement wasn't approved by the Oakland-Alameda County Joint Powers Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the JPA approved it by a 6-2 vote. Got stuck up with a water gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All eight members of the JPA should have called Wolff's bluff and voted down the lease agreement. They should've told Lew Wolff goodbye in a hundred ways....\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10-year lease still isn't official. The Oakland City Council still needs to vote on it. And those folks should vote it down on principle.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And from the Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Oakland-leaders-bungling-with-A-s-a-predictable-5599511.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chip Johnson\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The kings of chaos have struck again, and this time their antics almost cost Oakland its beloved baseball team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland's city leaders apparently aren't well versed in the art of the business deal. Once an agreement is reached between two sides, it can't be grabbed by a third party for a do-over....\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an e-mail sent late Wednesday, team owner \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fjohnson&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Lew+Wolff%22\">Lew Wolff\u003c/a> laid it out to Oakland leaders in plain and simple language that any idiot could understand. It said, in essence, if Oakland City Hall balks on the lease deal that the A's had worked out with the board that runs O.co Coliseum, the A's had the MLB's authorization to catch the next plane out of town. Now that's hardball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You'd think Oakland got the message. No such luck. By Thursday evening, only hours after the deal was approved by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fjohnson&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Coliseum+board%22\">Coliseum board\u003c/a>, city officials were at it again: \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fjohnson&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Oakland+Mayor+Jean+Quan+and+Council%22\">Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Council\u003c/a> President \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fjohnson&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Pat+Kernighan%22\">Pat Kernighan\u003c/a> issued a joint statement urging the team and the MLB to come back to the negotiating table to address the city's \"economic and legal concerns.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Stay tuned. But first have some barbecue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority voted 6-2 on Thursday to approve a 10-year lease extension for the Oakland A's despite a sharp dispute over the deal between city leaders and the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials have said the deal gives too much to the A's and that they want to continue talks. But A's ownership, led by partner Lew Wolff, said before the vote that the time for negotiations is over and warned Wednesday night that the team had won approval from Major League Baseball to immediately begin the process of moving out of the Coliseum if the board failed to approved the new lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://newballpark.org/2014/07/02/summary-of-2014-coliseum-lease-agreement/#more-11448\" target=\"_blank\">The agreement — published on Newballpark.org\u003c/a> — involves a quid pro quo that calls on the city to forgive $5 million in parking taxes owed by the A's and a reduction in the team's annual lease payments. The deal also allows the A's to leave the Coliseum after the 2018 season. In return, the A's would agree to buy a $10 million scoreboard for the stadium and would pay into a fund to fix long-standing maintenance problems like sewer overflows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/157214086?secret_token=s-56fVZ\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board consists of four members appointed by Alameda County and four appointed by Oakland. Earlier this week, members of the city contingent had said that, at the direction of the City Council, they would vote against the lease extension. But that was before Wolff sent an email to board members late Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to several published reports — in the Oakland Tribune and\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Selig-permits-A-s-to-leave-Oakland-prompts-last-5598201.php\" target=\"_blank\"> San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>, for instance — the email said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I was informed tonight that Commissioner (Bud) Selig, due to the possibility of not having the hearing and vote that we were reported to receive from the (Coliseum Board), that we will immediately be allowed to seek a temporary or permanent location outside the city of Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Councilman Larry Reid said Thursday the email changed his mind about rejecting the lease extension, and he, along with city-appointed board member Yui Hay Lee, both voted yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look, I came here this morning to, based on the actions that our council directed us to, defend the position of my council when they directed us to vote no,” Reid said. “I came to defend it, whether I believed it was right or whether the position was wrong. And so, after getting the email that some of my colleague got last night relative to Major League Baseball inserting the fact that they would look at allowing the A’s to relocate to a temporary facility and would allow them to seek a permanent home outside of Oakland, that allowed me to rethink my being here defending the position of my council.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other Oakland-appointed members — City Councilwoman (and mayoral candidate) Rebecca Kaplan and sports agent Aaron Goodwin — voted no. All four county-appointed members voted to approved the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The lease is a willingness to work for a long-term solution,\" said county-appointed board member Chris Dobbins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's vote was not final. The agreement still needs to be approved by the Oakland City Council and Alameda County Board of Supervisors, and it remains to be seen what impact Wolff's threat has as those bodies consider the lease.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pair of local editorials today are expressing displeasure at all the back and forth, but for different reasons. From the Bay Area News Group's \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/marcus-thompson/ci_26087648/thompson-bullied-oakland-empty-threat\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Thompson II\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp class=\"bodytextragright\">The only thing worse than being bullied is being bullied by an empty threat. That's what the A's and Major League Baseball just did to Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With approval of his new Coliseum lease in limbo, A's co-owner Lew Wolff ran to commissioner Bud Selig for permission to talk tough. Wolff came back and threatened to leave -- immediately -- if the lease agreement wasn't approved by the Oakland-Alameda County Joint Powers Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the JPA approved it by a 6-2 vote. Got stuck up with a water gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All eight members of the JPA should have called Wolff's bluff and voted down the lease agreement. They should've told Lew Wolff goodbye in a hundred ways....\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10-year lease still isn't official. The Oakland City Council still needs to vote on it. And those folks should vote it down on principle.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And from the Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Oakland-leaders-bungling-with-A-s-a-predictable-5599511.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chip Johnson\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The kings of chaos have struck again, and this time their antics almost cost Oakland its beloved baseball team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland's city leaders apparently aren't well versed in the art of the business deal. Once an agreement is reached between two sides, it can't be grabbed by a third party for a do-over....\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an e-mail sent late Wednesday, team owner \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fjohnson&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Lew+Wolff%22\">Lew Wolff\u003c/a> laid it out to Oakland leaders in plain and simple language that any idiot could understand. It said, in essence, if Oakland City Hall balks on the lease deal that the A's had worked out with the board that runs O.co Coliseum, the A's had the MLB's authorization to catch the next plane out of town. Now that's hardball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You'd think Oakland got the message. No such luck. By Thursday evening, only hours after the deal was approved by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fjohnson&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Coliseum+board%22\">Coliseum board\u003c/a>, city officials were at it again: \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fjohnson&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Oakland+Mayor+Jean+Quan+and+Council%22\">Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Council\u003c/a> President \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fjohnson&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Pat+Kernighan%22\">Pat Kernighan\u003c/a> issued a joint statement urging the team and the MLB to come back to the negotiating table to address the city's \"economic and legal concerns.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Stay tuned. But first have some barbecue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority voted 6-2 on Thursday to approve a 10-year lease extension for the Oakland A's despite a sharp dispute over the deal between city leaders and the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials have said the deal gives too much to the A's and that they want to continue talks. But A's ownership, led by partner Lew Wolff, said before the vote that the time for negotiations is over and warned Wednesday night that the team had won approval from Major League Baseball to immediately begin the process of moving out of the Coliseum if the board failed to approved the new lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://newballpark.org/2014/07/02/summary-of-2014-coliseum-lease-agreement/#more-11448\" target=\"_blank\">The agreement — published on Newballpark.org\u003c/a> — involves a quid pro quo that calls on the city to forgive $5 million in parking taxes owed by the A's and a reduction in the team's annual lease payments. The deal also allows the A's to leave the Coliseum after the 2018 season. In return, the A's would agree to buy a $10 million scoreboard for the stadium and would pay into a fund to fix long-standing maintenance problems like sewer overflows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='undefined' height='undefined'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/157214086?secret_token=s-56fVZ&visual=true&undefined'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/157214086?secret_token=s-56fVZ'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board consists of four members appointed by Alameda County and four appointed by Oakland. Earlier this week, members of the city contingent had said that, at the direction of the City Council, they would vote against the lease extension. But that was before Wolff sent an email to board members late Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to several published reports — in the Oakland Tribune and\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Selig-permits-A-s-to-leave-Oakland-prompts-last-5598201.php\" target=\"_blank\"> San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>, for instance — the email said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I was informed tonight that Commissioner (Bud) Selig, due to the possibility of not having the hearing and vote that we were reported to receive from the (Coliseum Board), that we will immediately be allowed to seek a temporary or permanent location outside the city of Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Councilman Larry Reid said Thursday the email changed his mind about rejecting the lease extension, and he, along with city-appointed board member Yui Hay Lee, both voted yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look, I came here this morning to, based on the actions that our council directed us to, defend the position of my council when they directed us to vote no,” Reid said. “I came to defend it, whether I believed it was right or whether the position was wrong. 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"content": "\u003cp>Artist Scott Hove, a Bay Area native who has made a name for himself in the art world with his striking, cake-themed sculptures, is packing up his frosting and moving to Los Angeles. Last week Hove shut down \u003ca href=\"http://www.mshove.com/cakeland/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cakeland,\u003c/a> the Oakland storefront he has both lived and exhibited in since 2009. Word of the closure prompted a mad dash by local art fans to see the beautiful and weird world Hove had built in the days before he shuttered the doors and started packing to move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many other local artists and creative types, Hove is being priced out of the Bay Area, somewhat. With his star on the rise, Hove is moving into a warehouse in L.A. (something unaffordable in the Bay Area), where he will expand his Cakeland vision further. 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Did the owners know what you planned to do with the store front? Did they know you’d be living in it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had been looking for a suitable place to live and work for several months, and this 1929 former French laundry building opened up. I didn’t expect to find a place with such a lovely storefront, and quickly went about making window displays that I thought would be fun. The building owner is a very cool guy and trusted me to do something that wouldn’t upset the neighbors!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How many separate pieces make up the space — or is it one large installation? How long have you been working on it? How long did it take to make?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the storefront gallery, I have two individual mirror chambers, plus a large mirror maze. There is also a blackened hell pit, which is a favorite aspect for viewers. I have one large wall that features my more conventionally-sized wall hanging sculptures. I have done several versions of Cakeland in the space, and the current configuration has been in place for about a year and a half. I keep working on my installations as long as there is space to keep adding on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is the inspiration for your cake-themed work? Where did the idea for adding the teeth come from? (Is it really about the cakes needing to defend themselves?)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1.jpg\" alt=\"Hove-Work\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10138630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1-400x250.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love captivating the emotions of my viewers, and using the image of cake as a language opens people up to be receptive to the messages in the work, whether that message is mine or the viewer’s. 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(Is it really about the cakes needing to defend themselves?)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1.jpg\" alt=\"Hove-Work\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10138630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1-400x250.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/Hove-Work1-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love captivating the emotions of my viewers, and using the image of cake as a language opens people up to be receptive to the messages in the work, whether that message is mine or the viewer’s. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Barbara Grady\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://oaklandlocal.com/2014/05/oakland-school-board-denies-charter-for-reems-seeks-parcel-tax-for-its-high-schools/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Local\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/OUSD.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-137622\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/OUSD-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland School Board wants to improve the city's high schools by creating career academies within schools. City voters would have to pass a parcel tax to pay for the changes. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland school board wants to improve the city's high schools by creating career academies within schools. City voters would have to pass a parcel tax in November to pay for the changes. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A tiny K-8 charter school that serves kids in East Oakland’s most dangerous and desperate neighborhood lost its charter Wednesday night after an emotional session before the Oakland Board of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a long meeting Wednesday evening, the board of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ousd.k12.ca.us/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Unified School District\u003c/a> also voted to prepare a ballot measure asking Oakland residents to consider a new parcel tax of $120 per parcel to fund improving its high schools. The measure would be on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the board voted to limit police contact with students during school hours and to give students the right to have a parent present before answering any police questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Parcel Tax\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland school board approved a plan to draft a ballot measure for November asking voters for a $120 per-parcel tax to help improve high school instruction in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically, the district wants to bring Linked Learning pedagogy to all of its high schools, as well as hire more counselors, teachers and advisors so that students receive personal advising through their high school years and have access to academically rigorous courses. OUSD aims to raise about $12 million through the parcel tax and distribute it to all high schools in Oakland, including charter schools, on an equal amount per student basis, with 10 percent saved for administering the program. Schools would develop Linked Learning — or learning through internship — curricula and apply for the funding set aside for each school. Watch the video below to learn about Linked Learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high schools are, by the district’s own assessment, the weakest part of the school district, in that scores from the high schools as a group suggest lower proficiency among students compared with their peers elsewhere, and nearly 22 percent of high school students drop out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While several high schools are academic success stories where many families try to enroll their kids, some others are fraught with problems, including high dropout rates, declining enrollment, teacher turnover and low academic achievement. Three schools in particular, located in Oakland’s poorest neighborhoods, Castlemont, Fremont and McClymonds high schools, have significant troubles. Castlemont, which is two blocks up the street from E.C. Reems in the same violence-plagued neighborhood, lost its principal mid-year, while McClymonds has yet another new principal this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linked Learning programs developed at some district high schools, including MetWest and Life Academy with partial programs at other schools, have been successful in raising student achievement and keeping students in school to graduation. Data the district extracted from its student achievement records found that students in Linked Learning programs generally scored higher on California standardized tests and were more likely to enroll in college preparatory classes than peers not in the programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acting Superintendent Gary Yee proposed “The Oakland College and Career Readiness for All Fund” ballot measure would have the following five goals and four uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Goals:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Decrease the high school dropout rate\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Increase high school students’ readiness to succeed in college and career\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Increase middle school students’ successful transition to high school\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reduce disparities in student achievement and student access to Linked Learning based on race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and residency\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Uses:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>To increase supports for students in college preparatory courses in every high school to ensure all students are eligible to attend and are prepared to succeed in college\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To provide work-based learning in every high school, including career exploration, career technical education courses, job shadowing, internships and job certifications\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To provide counseling, tutoring, mentoring and other intensive support services to students in danger of not graduating high school\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To provide programs to students transitioning from eighth grade to ninth grade to prepare them to succeed in high school, including early career exploration, summer school and parent outreach.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Money raised through the tax would be apportioned to all publicly funded high schools in Oakland (including charter high schools) on a per-pupil basis, such that schools get the same amount per student. Last night, the board added a stipulation to include the county-approved charter high school in Oakland, Envision Academy, in receiving funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community groups have been pushing for help for the high schools. The Oakland Community Organizations and East Bay Asian Youth Center took it upon themselves to survey 552 households to gauge willingness to pay a special tax to improve the city’s high schools and help teenagers. Its survey, used by the school board in making its decisions, found that 73 percent of voters polled would approve a parcel tax of $120 to improve Oakland’s high schools. Of course, attitudes shown in a poll might differ from votes actually cast. A tax measure needs two-thirds or 67 percent of votes to win passage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katy Nunez-Adler, an organizer with OCO, said, “We are a group working in support of Linked Learning and high school improvement. Our research showed that Linked Learning approaches can make a real difference in a child’s life if we have enough support. So out of our own funding, we conducted a community survey of households,” on what they think of a parcel tax. Her colleague from EBAYC, Andy Nelson, said, “We don’t take this lightly, we know it is a huge task, especially for flatlands families. We also know from the polls across the city that Oaklanders do take seriously the need to provide opportunities for high school students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>E.C. Reems Charter School\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecreemsacademy.org/\" target=\"_blank\">E.C. Reems Academy of Technology and Arts\u003c/a>, on MacArthur Boulevard at 84th Street, sought a five-year renewal of its charter from OUSD. Charter schools get funding and general approval from local school districts but operate independently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tucked along a corridor where gunshots ring out daily and where unemployment shapes day-to-day life, E.C. Reems schools 243 children, almost all of them local and almost all of them African-Americans from very low-income families. It is one of Oakland’s oldest charter schools, founded 14 years ago by Bishop Ernestine C. Reems of nearby Center of Hope Community Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But citing sharply declining enrollment, financial difficulties with rising debt and mediocre academic performance — although that last point was contested — OUSD staff recommended the board not renew E.C. Reems’ charter. After an anguished discussion, the board voted 4-2 along those lines, despite pleas from parents, students, administrators, local clergy and community members. Only board members James Harris, who represents East Oakland, and Chris Dobbins voted to let the school continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“E.C. Reems is really the community. The school has done so much for the community, for families who are homeless, for families living in hotels,’’ said parent Nikka Bell with one of her three children who attend Reems at her side. “If you take it away, you’re taking away the hope of our children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent graduate LaVonte Thompson said the school is “my home, our home,” and another recent graduate credited her E.C. Reems education for her success getting into several colleges and state universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Principal Lisa Blair said the school has a particular mission. “We are in East Oakland to save lives. We are in East Oakland to give children who have been transferred out of other schools an opportunity to excel, an opportunity to become adults.” She acknowledged that enrollment is down and finances tough, but added that OUSD is also losing enrollment. She said families are moving out of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>E.C. Reems’ enrollment has plunged 33 percent in two years. Since schools are reimbursed based on how many kids are enrolled and attend school, its revenues have also plunged. It has borrowed money from OUSD as well as from its own future revenues — a risky move — to pay for ongoing expenses. Its debt is about $280,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The OUSD staff who review charter applications by analyzing the school’s practices, data on student outcomes and school finances also cited poor academic performance based on the state’s Academic Performance Index, lack of professional development opportunities for teachers and no plan in place to implement curriculum aligned with the Common Core standards although schools are required to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the school’s API rose to 711 last year from 699 the year before. Most notably, scores achieved by E.C. Reems’ African-American students for the past three years are higher than the average scores for African-American students attending district-operated schools, according to data on the E.C. Reems application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rev. Raymond Lankford of Voices of Hope Community Church asked the board perhaps the most searching question: If you close the school, he asked, what is your plan for these children?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an anguished discussion, board members wondered why Reems officials filed their petition late — too late for them to provide much help to Reems administrators to shore up finances and strengthen the academic program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blair, in an interview, said she will appeal to the county and the state if necessary.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Watch the video below to learn about Linked Learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high schools are, by the district’s own assessment, the weakest part of the school district, in that scores from the high schools as a group suggest lower proficiency among students compared with their peers elsewhere, and nearly 22 percent of high school students drop out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While several high schools are academic success stories where many families try to enroll their kids, some others are fraught with problems, including high dropout rates, declining enrollment, teacher turnover and low academic achievement. Three schools in particular, located in Oakland’s poorest neighborhoods, Castlemont, Fremont and McClymonds high schools, have significant troubles. Castlemont, which is two blocks up the street from E.C. Reems in the same violence-plagued neighborhood, lost its principal mid-year, while McClymonds has yet another new principal this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linked Learning programs developed at some district high schools, including MetWest and Life Academy with partial programs at other schools, have been successful in raising student achievement and keeping students in school to graduation. Data the district extracted from its student achievement records found that students in Linked Learning programs generally scored higher on California standardized tests and were more likely to enroll in college preparatory classes than peers not in the programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acting Superintendent Gary Yee proposed “The Oakland College and Career Readiness for All Fund” ballot measure would have the following five goals and four uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Goals:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Decrease the high school dropout rate\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Increase high school students’ readiness to succeed in college and career\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Increase middle school students’ successful transition to high school\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reduce disparities in student achievement and student access to Linked Learning based on race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and residency\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Uses:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>To increase supports for students in college preparatory courses in every high school to ensure all students are eligible to attend and are prepared to succeed in college\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To provide work-based learning in every high school, including career exploration, career technical education courses, job shadowing, internships and job certifications\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To provide counseling, tutoring, mentoring and other intensive support services to students in danger of not graduating high school\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To provide programs to students transitioning from eighth grade to ninth grade to prepare them to succeed in high school, including early career exploration, summer school and parent outreach.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Money raised through the tax would be apportioned to all publicly funded high schools in Oakland (including charter high schools) on a per-pupil basis, such that schools get the same amount per student. Last night, the board added a stipulation to include the county-approved charter high school in Oakland, Envision Academy, in receiving funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community groups have been pushing for help for the high schools. The Oakland Community Organizations and East Bay Asian Youth Center took it upon themselves to survey 552 households to gauge willingness to pay a special tax to improve the city’s high schools and help teenagers. Its survey, used by the school board in making its decisions, found that 73 percent of voters polled would approve a parcel tax of $120 to improve Oakland’s high schools. Of course, attitudes shown in a poll might differ from votes actually cast. A tax measure needs two-thirds or 67 percent of votes to win passage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katy Nunez-Adler, an organizer with OCO, said, “We are a group working in support of Linked Learning and high school improvement. Our research showed that Linked Learning approaches can make a real difference in a child’s life if we have enough support. So out of our own funding, we conducted a community survey of households,” on what they think of a parcel tax. Her colleague from EBAYC, Andy Nelson, said, “We don’t take this lightly, we know it is a huge task, especially for flatlands families. We also know from the polls across the city that Oaklanders do take seriously the need to provide opportunities for high school students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>E.C. Reems Charter School\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecreemsacademy.org/\" target=\"_blank\">E.C. Reems Academy of Technology and Arts\u003c/a>, on MacArthur Boulevard at 84th Street, sought a five-year renewal of its charter from OUSD. Charter schools get funding and general approval from local school districts but operate independently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tucked along a corridor where gunshots ring out daily and where unemployment shapes day-to-day life, E.C. Reems schools 243 children, almost all of them local and almost all of them African-Americans from very low-income families. It is one of Oakland’s oldest charter schools, founded 14 years ago by Bishop Ernestine C. Reems of nearby Center of Hope Community Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But citing sharply declining enrollment, financial difficulties with rising debt and mediocre academic performance — although that last point was contested — OUSD staff recommended the board not renew E.C. Reems’ charter. After an anguished discussion, the board voted 4-2 along those lines, despite pleas from parents, students, administrators, local clergy and community members. Only board members James Harris, who represents East Oakland, and Chris Dobbins voted to let the school continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“E.C. Reems is really the community. The school has done so much for the community, for families who are homeless, for families living in hotels,’’ said parent Nikka Bell with one of her three children who attend Reems at her side. “If you take it away, you’re taking away the hope of our children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent graduate LaVonte Thompson said the school is “my home, our home,” and another recent graduate credited her E.C. Reems education for her success getting into several colleges and state universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Principal Lisa Blair said the school has a particular mission. “We are in East Oakland to save lives. 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(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>By Jane Solomon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">Alongside \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Siri\u003c/span>, \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">artisanal \u003c/span>and \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">mixologist\u003c/span>, the term \u003ca href=\"http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gentrification?s=t\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">gentrification\u003c/span>\u003c/a> has become a permanent part of the Bay Area vernacular. The term is in heavy rotation these days as residents on both sides of the Bay speculate about what the latest influx of tech wealth means for their neighborhoods. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">But where did this scientific-sounding word come from?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">The term\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\"> gentrification\u003c/span> emerged in 1960s London when a German-British sociologist and city planner, Ruth Glass, described the displacement of the poor in London as upper-class people moved in to refurbish houses in previously working-class areas. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">In 1964, Glass observed “One by one, many of the working-class quarters of London have been invaded by the middle-class ... until all or most of the working-class occupiers are displaced and the whole social character of the district is changed.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">Her term for this, \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">gentrification\u003c/span>, soon spread to other major English-speaking metropolises as similar neighborhood shifts occurred.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">Unsurprisingly, this term finds its roots in the word \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">gentry\u003c/span>, a broad term that could refer to any high-born gentleperson, including members of the aristocracy. But when Glass coined \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">gentrification\u003c/span>, she was tapping into a specific British class sense of \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">gentry\u003c/span>: the class below the nobility. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">The members of this class, sometimes called the \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">landed gentry\u003c/span>, were generally wealthy landowners who supported themselves with the rent of their tenants and cuts of their tenant farmers’ earnings. The gentry were also expected to govern over their land, acting as local magistrates and general caretakers of their tenants.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">Long before Glass described this phenomenon, class struggles conflicted with population movement in and around London. Issues arose in the early 18th century because a population boom in London changed the culture of the surrounding rural communities. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">Higher demand for crops required farmers to increase productivity if they wanted to stay competitive. In this economic landscape, the farmers with larger operations reigned supreme, pushing out their poorer counterparts. The prosperity of the gentry was, in many ways, directly related to that of their tenants.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">Many centuries later and thousands of miles away, \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">gentrification\u003c/span> is still a mutating part of a growing city. This ubiquitous phenomenon has since spun off other related terms, including \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">hyper-gentrification\u003c/span>, \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">super-gentrification\u003c/span>, \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">third-wave gentrification\u003c/span>, \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">yuppification\u003c/span>, \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">West Egg-ification\u003c/span>, the playful \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic;color: #1155cc\">\u003ca href=\"https://mail.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=388f12d5ebf24db49086ecb2cc9a15f9&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theonion.com%2farticles%2freport-nations-gentrified-neighborhoods-threatened%2c2419%2f\" target=\"_blank\">aristocratization\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">and the more neutral \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">regeneration\u003c/span>. With no resolution in sight, the term \u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\" style=\"font-style: italic\">gentrification\u003c/span> is unlikely to fall into obscurity anytime soon.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Normal\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blog.dictionary.com/author/jane-solomon/\">Jane Solomon\u003c/a> is a lexicographer at \u003ca href=\"http://dictionary.reference.com/\">Dictionary.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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In a statement, Quan said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As a non-nonsense chief, he has led the department’s reorganization, built a strong leadership team and strengthened police collaboration with neighborhood leaders. We’ve made significant progress in the last year in both reducing crime and completing mandated federal reforms. We have more more work to do, but Chief Whent has demonstrated he is the right person for the job.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong> After a year as interim chief, Sean Whent is about to be named Oakland's police chief — and one of the department's severest critics says it's a good move. Mayor Jean Quan and other city officials have scheduled a 1 p.m. news conference to announce that Whent, who is 39, has been chosen following a nationwide search, according to the\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_25760513/went-be-named-permanent-oakland-police-chief\"> Oakland Tribune\u003c/a> and other reports. Oakland attorney John Burris, a frequent critic of department policy who has represented many plaintiffs in suits against the city, called Whent \"a good, solid choice.\" He says Whent, who is serving alongside an overseer appointed by a federal judge, has been particularly effective in moving the department toward compliance with a court-decreed civil rights agreement. The Trib says:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Whent's appointment is no surprise. His performance had recently been praised both by department's federal overseer, Robert Warshaw, and Mayor Jean Quan. Whent ascended to interim chief last year during one of the most turbulent weeks in Oakland Police Department history. Within 48 hours, Chief Howard Jordan announced he was taking a medical retirement. His initial replacement, Assistant Chief Anthony Toribio, quickly stepped down to make room for Whent. Whent, who had spent several years overseeing the investigation of officer misconduct, was seen as the preferred choice at the time of the department's federal overseers. His tenure in the Internal Affairs Division also made him unpopular with many officers. Whent got off to a rocky start as chief. He was criticized for the department's failure to prepare for violent protests that broke out following a Saturday evening acquittal in the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Whent faced more heat when he questioned whether police could safeguard downtown businesses that had been damaged the previous night by hammer-wielding protesters. But crime started falling during his first year in office after two years in which robberies and burglaries spiked. This year, major crimes are down 13 percent. Likewise, the department has made strides in satisfying court-ordered reforms stemming from the 1999 Riders police brutality scandal. A progress report released last month by Warshaw showed that the department was closer to completing the reforms than at any point since federal oversight began 11 years ago.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Oakland attorney Burris points to Warshaw's report on the OPD's recent progress in complying with a negotiated court settlement of a 2003 civil rights lawsuit as evidence that Whent has already been effective:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"He has worked very well as an interim chief. He has put together a good command staff. He seems to have a good vision for the future. He has done a very good job of working with the monitor to implement the Negotiated Settlement Agreement. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Dan Brekke and Wendi Jonassen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82906\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/13/nonprofits-wade-into-political-giving/money-piggy-bank-flickr-kenteegarden/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-82906\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-82906 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/money-piggy-bank-flickr-kenteegarden.jpg\" alt=\"Flicker/Kenteegarden\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flicker/Kenteegarden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Wednesday, May 7:\u003c/strong> The Richmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that will lift the minimum wage for most workers to $12.30 an hour by 2017. The ordinance would not cover workers under age 18, those who receive tips or those who work in businesses with 10 or fewer employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current California minimum wage, $8 an hour, is scheduled to rise by a dollar an hour on July 1 under a law passed last year. The Richmond minimum would rise to $9.60 next Jan. 1, $11.52 on Jan. 1, 2016, and $12.30 starting Jan. 1, 2017. Beginning in 2018, Richmond’s minimum wage would incease annually, based on the Consumer Price Index.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_25713188/richmond-takes-step-toward-higher-minimum-wage\" target=\"_blank\">As Robert Rogers of the Contra Costa Times reports\u003c/a>, the council approved the proposal despite opposition from some local businesses. For example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Nathan Trivers, who owns the Up & Under Pub in Point Richmond, said the ordinance imperils his business and if forced to pay higher wages to some of his 35 employees, he will either have to lay off workers or face closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't know what sword I will have to fall on,\" Trivers said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Richmond's move came the same evening that the Berkeley City Council backed away from a proposed ordinance to raise the minimum wage on June 30 to $10.74 an hour— a level that would match San Francisco's current minimum wage — then adjust the wage for inflation in subsequent years. A second proposal, withdrawn during last night's meeting, would have raised the minimum to $10 later this year, and then continued with adjustments that would reportedly bring it to $15.25 by 2020. Instead, the council passed a measure to raise the minimum to $10.75 by July 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judith Scherr of the Contra Costa Times says that proponents of the more aggressive increase, including members of the city's Labor Commission, criticized the revised proposal:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"They caved in to the business community,\" Labor Commission Chairman Sam Frankel said as he left the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a real slap on the face of the Labor Commission that worked on this an entire year,\" he told the council earlier. That proposal would have raised the minimum wage to $10.74 in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But business owners, while acknowledging the need for higher worker pay than the state minimum of $8 per hour ($9 per hour in July), said their businesses could fail with increases mandated in earlier iterations of the ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This town is made up of independent businesses,\" said Dandy Harris, owner of two Telegraph Avenue enterprises, addressing the council. \"We bring a lot to the community. I want to be here six years from now. I'm not so afraid of $10.75 an hour, but $15.25 an hour scares the crap out of me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many restaurateurs who addressed the council pointed to costs they could not control, such as escalating food costs and rent. Several asked the council to lobby Sacramento for commercial rent control.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ordinance, which will be up for a second reading on May 20, also calls for further study of the issues. Mayor Tom Bates has proposed that Berkeley get together with other East Bay cities to craft a regional minimum wage to ensure that no city suffers a competitive disadvantage from adopting a higher minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong> Richmond and Berkeley are the latest Bay Area cities hoping to increase the minimum wage, adding momentum to an issue being debated through California and around the country. Both cities will be considering ordinances at City Council meetings Tuesday night, while San Francisco and Oakland are also floating ballot measures that will raise the minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Berkeley\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/23/berkeley-mayor-proposes-east-bay-regional-minimum-wage/\">pushing for a collaborative effort\u003c/a> to establish an East Bay regional minimum wage plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is really important for us all to be on the same level playing field,\" Bates told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a uniform regional wage increase, Berkeley Councilman Laurie Capitelli said he worries that small businesses may relocate to cities with lower wage standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you have radically different proposals adopted, it is going to be confusing and might led to a real distortion of the marketplace,\" Capitelli said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two approaches to raising Berkeley's minimum wage, currently $8, will be discussed at Tuesday's City Council meeting. Both would eventually tie the city's minimum wage to the Consumer Price Index.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One, drafted by the city's Commission on Labor, would raise the minimum wage to an estimated $12.25 an hour by June 30, 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second proposal, made by Capitelli, would issue wage increases at a slightly slower rate, hitting $12.25 in January 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Richmond\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond's ordinance would set a minimum wage of $9 an hour effective July 1, in compliance with state law. The wage would rise to $9.60 next Jan. 1, $11.52 on Jan. 1, 2016, and $12.30 starting Jan. 1, 2017. Beginning in 2018, Richmond’s minimum wage would incease annually, based on the Consumer Price Index.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Jovanka Beckles initially campaigned to place the minimum wage increase on the November ballot. But shortly after the debate began, the City Council decided to take it off the ballot and make it a local ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Why do we have to wait for public election? Why can't the council just adopt it?” Beckles told KQED. “We don't want people to have to wait to have a wage that is sustainable to live on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday night, the City Council will discuss a city manager's report that includes a survey of local businesses and their response to the wage proposal. The minimum wage in Richmond is currently $8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Statewide Plans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/12/californias-minimum-wage/\">Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation\u003c/a> in September 2013 that increases the state minimum wage to $9 per hour starting July 1, and then up to $10 by 2016. 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